#AEB856#AEB856

#AEB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.123 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AEB856
RGB	rgb(174, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 0%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -17.47, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 51.00, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0505 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.123 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2764, 43.9521, 15.3749)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AEB856 #6056B8

analogous

#B89156 #AEB856 #7DB856

triadic

#AEB856 #56AEB8 #B856AE

tetradic

#AEB856 #56B891 #6056B8 #B8567D

square

#AEB856 #56B891 #6056B8 #B8567D

split-complementary

#AEB856 #567DB8 #9156B8

monochromatic

#62682C #8A933E #AEB856 #C3CA81 #D7DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AEB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#AEB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AEB856

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AEB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AEB856	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aeb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.123 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8cd88',
    500: '#aeb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aeb856;
$custom-light: #c8cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aeb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75425,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AEB856

secondary

#A4A0CA

accent

#57D164

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AEB856

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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